《Saint Francis, the Clown of God》

Japanese: 《神の道化師・聖フランチェスコ》 - かみのどうけしせいふらんちぇすこ
《Saint Francis, the Clown of God》

... Born as the eldest son of a wealthy architect in Rome, after graduating from high school he plunged into the world of film (especially documentaries), which he had been interested in for a long time, and made short documentary films about the ecology of fish. After the box office failure of "Germany Year Zero" from the aforementioned "War Trilogy" and his "illicit affair" with Hollywood actress Ingrid Bergman (they were officially married in 1950), he had no hits ("Stromboli" (1949), "Europe 1951" (1952), starring Bergman, were later first recognized by the French "Nouvelle Vague"). In terms of his work, from around "Saint Francis, Jester of God" (1950) he gradually became interested in the theme of religious salvation of the soul, which was criticized by left-wing critics as a "conversion from neorealism." He divorced Bergman in 1958. ...

*Some of the terminology used to refer to "Saint Francis, God's Clown" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

… ローマの裕福な建築家の長男に生まれ,高校を卒業すると早くから関心のあった映画(それもドキュメンタリー)の世界にとびこみ,魚の生態を描いた短編記録映画などを撮る。前記〈戦争三部作〉のうちの《ドイツ零年》の興行的失敗とハリウッド女優イングリッド・バーグマンとの〈不倫の恋〉(1950年には正式に結婚)のあとはヒット作がなく(バーグマン主演の《ストロンボリ》(1949),《ヨーロッパ一九五一年》(1952)等々は,のちにフランスの〈ヌーベル・バーグ〉によって初めて評価されることになる),また作品的には《神の道化師・聖フランチェスコ》(1950)あたりからしだいに魂の宗教的救済というテーマに関心が向かっていき,〈ネオレアリズモからの転向〉として左翼の評論家から非難された。1958年,バーグマンと離婚。…

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